Bangkok--19 Jan--Aziam Burson-Marsteller
FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, today released new iPhone and Blackberry applications and an enhanced mobile website to help customers track, get rates and transit times, schedule a pick-up and find FedEx locations on the go.
With the number of smart phone users in Asia forecast to hit 347 million by 2015, the new iPhone and Blackberry applications and FedEx Mobile website will allow the increasing mobile customers to instantly access information about their FedEx shipments through their smart phones. In addition to the smart phone applications, anyone with a Web-enabled phone or handheld device can use the FedEx Mobile website to:
- Track the status of a package and use My FedEx Tracking for additional shipment details;
- Get a rate quote;
- Schedule a pickup; and
- Find a nearby FedEx location.
“It is our vision to give all FedEx customers across the region and around the globe greater access to our products and services, regardless of their physical location or device,” said David L. Cunningham Jr., president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. “These latest mobile solutions put us another step closer to achieving that goal, further ensuring an outstanding FedEx experience.”
The FedEx Mobile for iPhone and BlackBerry applications are available for free at fedex.com (http://www.fedex.com/xx/mobile /index.html (where xx= country code). The FedEx Mobile website is at http://m.fedex.com.
About FedEx Express
FedEx Express is the world's largest express transportation company, providing fast
and reliable delivery to more than 220 countries and territories. FedEx Express uses a global air-and-ground network to speed delivery of time-sensitive shipments, by a definite time and date with a money-back guarantee Subject to relevant terms and conditions.
About FedEx Corporation
FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers and businesses worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $37 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively, under the respected FedEx brand. Consistently ranked among the world's most admired and trusted employers, FedEx inspires its more than 285,000 team members to remain "absolutely, positively" focused on safety, the highest ethical and professional standards and the needs of their customers and communities. For more information, visit news.fedex.com.
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For further information, please contact:
Stacey Han, Senior Corporate Communications Specialist, FedEx Korea, Thailand and Indochina
Tel: + 82 330 4620; Email:
[email protected]
or Aziam Burson-Marsteller: Jittima Maekharosthammakul Tel: 02 252 9871 Email:
[email protected]